Chicago Parent Tips: February 2012

I always love and appreciate when I see a list like these...helps me see what ones I still need to read. Enjoy!

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/story/2012-02-14/100-greatest-books-for-kids/53095042/1

Welcome Parents

I'm a mom with two young children and one with special needs. I get it! I know what kinds of information you're seeking as I look for this too. So I report anything I think that's helpful to you from going on adventures in and around Chicago with my kids, interesting articles about topics I think are helpful from managing homework, to potty training, to understanding what developmental milestones look like and helping you out with ideas in what to do on rainy days to prevent boredom. My two blogs are always a work in progress and I listen to YOU out there for ideas. Thanks for the interest, share with your friends and hopefully I'm helping you find your way navigating through parenthood.

Favorite Quotes

"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong." Laura Ingalls Wilder

Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own growing as much as it is about our children's growing and that kind of growing happens little by little. -- Mister Rogers

"I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher." Temple Grandin

"Every day and everywhere our children spread their dreams beneath our feet. And we should tread softly" ...as we tread on their dreams. -Sir Ken Robinson

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin

"Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you." Princess Diana

'It is today we must create the world of the future.' Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality." Walt Disney

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